# NTSB CHI86LA197: Globe GC-1B, N80591, Perrysville, IN, August 1, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 1, 1986, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Perrysville, IN
- Coordinates: 40.050807, -87.429176 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0508&lon=-87.4292&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13504
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA197
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13504/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA197

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING IN A CORN FIELD FOLLOWING A LOSS OF POWER. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE ACFT FAILED TO REVEAL ANY FUEL IN EITHER THE FUEL TANKS OR CARBURETOR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N80591](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80591), registered now, S/N 94 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLOBE GC-1B
- Registry model: [Globe GC-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (registry code 9230104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 94
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Allen Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 4, 1986, 8 hours before
- Departed: MQY, SMYRNA, TN
- Destination: OSH, OSHKOSH, WI

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,009 total, 59 in this make and model, 911 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DEC, 67 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860801037059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860801037059A), Aug 1, 1986: Univac GC1B, Perrysville, IN, Substantial damage. The engine failed from fuel exhaustion short of destination. The pilot landed the aircraft in a cornfield.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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